Design and Application of Joule Heating Processes for Decarbonized Chemical and Advanced Material Synthesis.

Atmospheric CO concentrations keep increasing at intensifying rates due to rising energy and material demands. The chemical production industry is a large energy consumer, responsible for up to 935 Mt of CO emissions per year, and decarbonization is its major goal moving forward. One of the primary sources of energy consumption and CO emissions in the chemical sector is associated with the production and use of heat for material synthesis, which conventionally was generated through the combustion of fossil fuels.